Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Amazon Lab126 to hire engineers for its COVID-19 testing project
By Basit Ansari
<p>Amazon Lab126 is hiring engineers to build a robust coronavirus testing network. Amazon, due to its undeterred work amid lockdowns, had COVID-19 positive cases leading to 8 deaths. To ensure employee safety, Amazon, through its robotics group, is devising face shields for frontline workers, sorting machines, monitoring cameras, UV light emitters to disinfect work areas. Also, it intends to spend $300mn on testing by June 2020 and $4B for pandemic’s after-effects.</p>
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